{"id":43,"date":"2015-04-13T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=43"},"modified":"2016-09-01T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:32:20","slug":"first-dive-at-cathedral-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2015\/04\/13\/first-dive-at-cathedral-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"First dive at Cathedral Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before anything else, what a stunning dive!\u00a0 This is easily one of my favourite dive sites in Gozo.<\/p>\n<p>We commenced with a shore entry at <em>Wied l-Ghasri<\/em> (yes, it&#8217;s many steps to reach the bay &#8211; and don&#8217;t forget it&#8217;s the same number back up!). Following a moderate surface swim, we descended into the crystal clear waters and slowly made our way out, admiring various species on our journey.<\/p>\n<p>From the outside, the entry to the cave looks dark and unremarkable &#8211; as if unwilling to give up the secrets of the beauty it holds within.\u00a0 But once you have swum a few metres inside, look back and admire the gorgeous blue light coming through the entrance.\u00a0 Possibly even more special is the sight of electric blue that stuns you when you surface inside the cave and look back down into the water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44\" style=\"width: 2704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral Cave, Gozo\" width=\"2704\" height=\"1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still.jpg 2704w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still-2000x1124.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed_blue_dome_still-171x96.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2704px) 100vw, 2704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathedral Cave, Gozo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='stb-container-2335' class='stb-container-css stb-info-container stb-caption stb-collapsible stb-visible stb-image-big stb-ltr stb-corners stb-shadow'><div id='stb-caption-box-2335' class='stb-info-caption_box stb_caption stb-caption-box' ><aside class='stb-caption-icon'><img src='http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/info.png'><\/aside><span>Dive Log Info<\/span><div id=\"stb-tool-2335\" class=\"stb-tool\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"stb-toolimg-2335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/themes\/stb-dark\/minus.png\" title=\"Hide\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id='stb-body-box-2335' class='stb-info-body_box stb_body stb-body-box' ><strong>Date:<\/strong> 13\/04\/2015<br \/>\n<strong>Site:<\/strong> Wied l-Ghasri (Cathedral Cave)<strong><br \/>\nTime in: <\/strong>14:00<strong><br \/>\nTime out: <\/strong>15:00<strong><br \/>\nRuntime:<\/strong> 60min<br \/>\n<strong>Max Depth:<\/strong> 18.8m<br \/>\n<strong> Bottom Temperature:<\/strong> 15\u00baC<br \/>\n<strong> Visibility:<\/strong> Good<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 'light_clean';}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before anything else, what a stunning dive!\u00a0 This is easily one of my favourite dive sites in Gozo. 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Following a moderate surface swim, we descended into the crystal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,20,19,16,17,22],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-blue-dome","tag-cathedral-cave","tag-georgia-mainente","tag-gozo","tag-malta","tag-wied-l-ghasri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}